Horseshoe.



No. 797,895. Y PATENTED AUG. z2, 1905. N. JOHNSON.

HORSESHOB.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1905.

elastic material.

RANDELL JOHNSON, OF MADISON, FLORIDA.

HORSESHOE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application ieii April 27, 1905. Serial No. 257,739.

To a/ZZ whom, t 11i/ty concern:

Be it known that I, RANDELL JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Madison, in the county of Madison and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in horseshoes, the object of the invention being to provide a shoe which may be conveniently applied and removed and which will afford a yielding tread to absorb the jars or vibration ordinarily produced at each contact of the shoe with the road or street surface, thus rendering the shoe easier to the horse, and which is adapted to effectually prevent slipping on icy roads and streets and other slippery surfaces.

The invention further has for its object to provide an elastic or cushion shoe which is adjustable to accommodate irregularities in the form of the horses hoof.

The preferred embodiment of thepinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horsen shoe constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the calks, and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

The shoe portion proper of the device conforms in shape to the ordinary construction of shoe and comprises a bottomy or tread plate 1, composed of halves or sections 2 and 3. Above this tread-plate 1 is arranged a similarly-constructed hoof-plate 4, of which one section is shown in Fig. 2. Between the plates 1 and 11 are arranged two plies or layers 5 and 6 of rubber or other suitable These plies or layers are of continuous horseshoe shape and extend across the meeting ends of the sections of the tread and hoof plates at the front of the shoe, thus connecting them and forming, in effect, an elastic joint which permits the shoe as a whole to be expanded and contracted in a transverse direction to suit various irregularities in the shape of the hoofs of different horses.

In order to apply the shoe to the hoof, a boot 7 is provided and may be made of leather, rubber, or any other suitable material. This boot conforms to the contour of to fit about the same.

boot are separated and adapted to be conv nected by a buckle or other suitable fastening 8, while the front portion thereof is split or formed with a Wedge-shaped opening 9, the meeting edges of which are provided with a buckle or other suitable fastening, the form of'fastening shown in the present instance being a pivoted slotted keeper-plate 10, connected with one of the meeting edges, and a hinged spring-tongue 11, connected with the other meeting edge and adapted to engage the slots in the keeper-plate. .By this construction the boot is adjustable for application to hoofs of different sizes and made readily applicable and removable.

The lower edge of the material of which the boot 7 is formed is bent at an angle thereto and inserted between the elastic layers or plies 5 and 6 'of the shoe proper, as shown at 12, and rivets 13 pass through these parts and the tread and hoof plates and rigidly fasten the same together. Projecting below the tread-plate 1 are calks 13', which may be variously arranged and are provided with conical or pointed lower ends 14 to prevent slipping of the shoe on icy roads and streets and other slippery surfaces. Each calk 13 is formed with a shoulder 15, which abuts against the under side of the tread-plate,

and with a shank 16, which projects upwardly through said plate, the elastic plies 5 and 6, the interposed edge 12 'of the boot 7, and the hooked plate 4, and is offset or riveted at its upper end, as indicated at 17, to serve as an additional fastening to securely unite the parts together.

It will thus be seen that the invention provides a shoe which is simple of construction and comparatively inexpensive of production and may be quickly applied to the hoof; also, that by constructing the hoof and tread plates of similar sections and interposing the elastic plies or layers 5 and 6 therebetween a cushioning action is afforded which yields an elastic tread and lessens the jars or vibrations when the horse brings his foot in contact with the street or road surface. Further, by extending the shanks of the calk up through the Shanks of the shoe the calks are 'made to serve the additional function of fas- From the foregoing description, taken in tic material disposed upon the inner faces of said members and yieldingly connecting the sections thereof, a boot having its lower edge inserted between the elastic layers, and fastenings extending through and permanently uniting the parts.

2. A horseshoe comprising sectional tread and hoof sections, continuous layers of elastic material yieldingly connecting said sections, a boot having its lower edge inserted between the elastic layers, fastenings permanently uniting the parts, and ealks passing through the parts and forming additional fastenings.

ln testimonyT whereof I a'x my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RANDELL JOHNSON.

Witnesses J osEPi-I MILFORD, J. W. WILLIAMs. 

